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Brijit Closing Down
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Buying Software
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Quick Tip: Don’t avoid buying software when it will save you time. I found a $150 piece of software that automates a task I was paying $1,000 per month to have...
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California State Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry
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California State Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry In a 4-3 decision, the justices said the state’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the...
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Productivity501 on StumbleUpon
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Consider adding Productivity501 as a friend on StumbleUpon. ---Related Articles at Productivity501:Productivity501 on Stumble UponOffline ReadingPast FavoritesStoreThe...
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Public-Grooming Postcard from Barcelona
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This just in from international Hot Tipper Brent: It's been a while since I checked in with the War on Public Grooming, but thought I'd relate an incident that...
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Joss Whedon loves the females
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Q & A with Joss Whedon, writer, producer and director. The idea for the new 'Dollhouse' series was inspired by actress Eliza Dushku, who'll star in the Fox TV drama that...
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Good Bookshelves
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Quick Tip: When buying bookshelves beware of particle board shelfs. They are usually decorative and not designed to hold the weight of real books. After a few months...
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Bob Barr for President?
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Bob Barr, the former Georgia Congressman has announced a bid for the Libertarian nomination for president. We had him in class for a guest lecture once in Atlanta. Even...
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12 Ways To Never Miss A Photo Opportunity
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The following post on 12 Ways To Never Miss A Photo Opportunity is by San Francisco based photographer Jim M. Goldstein. Learn more about him at the end of this post....
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The Productivity Family Tree
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Famous families are all around us, from the Clinton dynasty to Mylie and Billy Ray Cyrus. They evoke in us so many things because we can relate, on some small level, to...
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mesh08 is sold out
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Yes, it’s true, we are sold out - really. There are still a few tix available for meshU, though, and you can still join us at the Rockwood Club after-party....
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“Watching Getty Images Watching Canadians”
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Howard Knopf writes about demand letters that Getty Images is sending to “Canadians whose websites allegedly have unlicensed copies of images allegedly owned by...
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Older than McCain
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Nothing against old men but getting past 70 is pushing it. Here is a list of things older than McCain. Senility is considered less of a risk than inexperience both in...
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eBay Unlawful and Unfair
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Unlawful and UnfairJim Buckmaster the CEO of Craigslist has just posted on the Craigslist blog that they are sick and tired of eBay and their not going to take it any...
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Daniel Burka video on iterative design live
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Daniel Burka - Digg’s creative director, Pownce.com and Silver Orange co-founder - recently gave an impressive talk on iterative design at the Future of Web Design....
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Feedback, Lights, Music: Cut Copy Video by Krozm
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Some beautiful projection and feedback effects in this video for Australian electro indie bleepsters Cut Copy. This was put together by Melbourne collective Krozm, who...
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Cleaning Supplies
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Quick Tip: Keeping a rag and bottle of Windex near your desk can make it much easier to keep your work area clean. ---Related Articles at Productivity501:Reader Question...
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Online Isn’t the Only Place Privacy is Eroding
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Controversy around RealID is nothing new. When Congress passed an act in 2005 that required a set of machine-readable information on government-issued identity cards,...
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Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause
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Danielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list in the other. She was stretched...
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Unflash Gordon’s Al Gore moment
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Remember when Al Gore invented the Internet? (Well, actually I suspect that that story may have been an embroidered urban myth.) But here’s a report of a claim by...